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"American Playhouse" For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982)


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User Rating:
7.8/10   29 votes
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Writers:
Ntozake Shange (play)
Ntozake Shange (screenplay)
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Original Air Date:
23 February 1982
Plot:
A unique award-winning tale of the African-American woman's journey in America. | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)
Sarita Allen ... Sechita
Trazana Beverley
Laurie Carlos
Gregory T. Daniel ... Toussaint
Jackie Davis ... Second Man in Subway
Pedro De Pool ... Emcee
Lisa Henley ... Naomi
Roger Hill ... Second Man at Barbecue
Brent Jennings ... First Man at Barbecue
Patti LaBelle ... (voice)
Oliver Lake ... Flute Player
Jack Landron ... Bedroom Companion
Crystal Lilly

Carol Maillard ... Lu Anne (as Carol Lynn Maillard)
Ntozake Shange
Clarence Thomas ... First Man in Subway
William Warren ... Kwame
Charles Weldon ... Beau Willie

Lynn Whitfield (as Lynn C. Whitfield)

Alfre Woodard
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Runtime:
78 min
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Originally broadcast on "American Playhouse" (1982). more
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10 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
Wow! This Movie is still powerful, 9 May 2003
10/10
Author: Kyla

I just recently obtained a copy of this DVD. I had read the play but the flow of the DVD is much better.

The cinematography is obviously lacking because it was taken from a play to television.

I think that it would be even more moving if it was redone for the big screen. It is a powerful piece.

The writing is superior, gut wrenching, and moving.

Go find it!

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